Author Topic: [IC] Smart 68 Keyboard Set (GB is live) (Read 217985 times)

domoaligato · « **Reply #300 on:** Fri, 20 March 2015, 02:25:36 »

feng, what would be the chance to also have options for split left shift/enter/backspace ? even if this is not an option I am totally interested in this.

reaxas · « **Reply #301 on:** Mon, 23 March 2015, 14:32:26 »

I would love one of these, VERY interested!

slaction · « **Reply #302 on:** Tue, 31 March 2015, 23:42:11 »

This would be like the perfect layout for me! Very interested.

bahamot · « **Reply #303 on:** Fri, 03 April 2015, 03:25:25 »

Hi Feng,

Any chance this keyboard GB to be realised?

ImBZppl · « **Reply #304 on:** Tue, 07 April 2015, 21:26:40 »

Still waiting on this. I will not buy any more keyboards or keycaps for rest of the year until I get this. It has been hard to resist this past month but I did it.

simonyunhe · « **Reply #305 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 00:23:57 »

This is really the keyboard i need, take my wallet.

Rotaku · « **Reply #306 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 00:46:11 »

A friend of mine on reddit lives in taiwan and actually got one of these keyboards because his friend was a developer of the smart 68. I tried to get him to get me in contact with him but he wouldn't do it

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #307 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:31:36 »

Quote from: ImBZppl on Tue, 07 April 2015, 21:26:40

Still waiting on this. I will not buy any more keyboards or keycaps for rest of the year until I get this. It has been hard to resist this past month but I did it.

You could be waiting a very long time, then.

SixtyLife · « **Reply #308 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 13:09:53 »

first time I've heard of this keyboard.. for someone like me with no soldering tools or skills this is gamechanging. hope this concept is adopted by other companies

t8c · « **Reply #309 on:** Sun, 03 May 2015, 06:15:06 »

Any word on this? Looks so cool.

Evo_Spec · « **Reply #310 on:** Sun, 03 May 2015, 10:19:32 »

I completely forgot about this but I have a theory or an idea of how to do this.
I'll drop the information here or somewhere else if I remember.

amnesia0287 · « **Reply #311 on:** Wed, 06 May 2015, 00:02:03 »

So what happened to this thread? I want this keyboard

aznairjordan · « **Reply #312 on:** Wed, 06 May 2015, 01:13:51 »

I'm interested!

Evo_Spec · « **Reply #313 on:** Wed, 06 May 2015, 02:08:33 »

Quick message about this before i leave town again for work and won't have a computer.

My theory on how this works is with the use of something like this. https://www.mill-max.com/new_products/detail/2
Now obviously these need to be large enough to fit the switch pins but also small enough to fit the PCB holes, now these specific mill-max through hole sockets have a lip on this which i think is a good idea but leaves less room for tolerances as i think the fatter lip part should fit INTO the PCB holes to make the switch side of the PCB perfectly flush rather than having the lip sit above it, by having this lip here it'll hopefully leave a little crevice where solder can help make the connection between the PCB and socket.

Now this will also have to be plate mounted so that the switches will "lock" in place which makes it removable as well so the plate can't be thicker than 1.5mm or will have to have the lock points milled out like GON plates.

Unfortunately i don't have time to explain more but hopefully this is enough information for someone to work with and test since there's many people here smarter than i.

kennardsmith · « **Reply #314 on:** Sat, 23 May 2015, 20:56:05 »

Very interested!

Evo_Spec · « **Reply #315 on:** Sun, 24 May 2015, 05:09:13 »

I'm surprised no one said anything about my comment, I guess everyone figured it out already.

nuphor · « **Reply #316 on:** Sun, 24 May 2015, 07:50:48 »

This looks great, very interested.

Bull1919 · « **Reply #317 on:** Sun, 24 May 2015, 20:01:22 »

Wow that looks great, would there be an option to possibly buy the pcb/plate seperately and what would the individual prices be? Asking because I'm too poor for the whole thing

VivaGardner · « **Reply #318 on:** Fri, 19 June 2015, 00:20:19 »

Was there a group buy on this board? Would love to purchase it.

Manchias · « **Reply #319 on:** Thu, 09 July 2015, 03:24:08 »

Join for sure.

feng · « **Reply #320 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 12:57:37 »

Fianlly, just confirmed with the producer, the group buy will be released mostly in August.

iamtootallforthis · « **Reply #321 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 13:02:05 »

Quote from: feng on Mon, 13 July 2015, 12:57:37

Fianlly, just confirmed with the producer, the group buy will be released mostly in August.

Please don't be messing with us Feng!

HYPE!

ruiner17 · « **Reply #322 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 13:10:14 »

Holy...

limitz · « **Reply #323 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 16:26:18 »

I'm definitely in. Can't wait for this to start.

Rotaku · « **Reply #324 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 16:46:08 »

oh man, the hype is real. i'm in!

GL1TCH3D · « **Reply #325 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 16:52:35 »

That's so soon!

Guess it's time to sell stuff =S

KnivesM · « **Reply #326 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 17:04:17 »

Definitely in, dead -> #Hype so quick.

sethk_ · « **Reply #327 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 17:08:50 »

60% is neat, but I will definitely be in when there is a 75%

kernel · « **Reply #328 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 17:58:43 »

Carlos_the_turtle · « **Reply #329 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 18:17:12 »

This is awesome and I'm definitely in for one.

E3E · « **Reply #330 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 19:53:29 »

Quote from: kernel on Mon, 13 July 2015, 17:58:43

how does the "hot-swap" led thingy works? why does it need no soldering?

explain it to me easily, i don't understand this too much.

thanks.

Socket connectors are used in the circuit board for the connections instead of soldering! Because sockets are used, that means you can change them at any time. The same applies to the MX switches with this board.

Latin00032 · « **Reply #331 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 20:24:38 »

I thought this wasn't going to happen.
Yay!
What a time to be alive!

Cameron · « **Reply #332 on:** Mon, 13 July 2015, 22:27:15 »

Is the price still going to be $300?

Is there any way to get it any cheaper?
ie metal plate or something instead of carbon fibre option

Are the SIP sockets all included in the price of the kit?

very1 · « **Reply #333 on:** Tue, 14 July 2015, 00:29:56 »

This looks spectacular. Is hotswappable MX switches a new thing? Why haven't I seen this before?

uJalled · « **Reply #334 on:** Wed, 15 July 2015, 18:47:25 »

this is so cool! and it's awesome that it has been confirmed

JinDesu · « **Reply #335 on:** Wed, 15 July 2015, 18:55:18 »

Quote from: feng on Mon, 13 July 2015, 12:57:37

Fianlly, just confirmed with the producer, the group buy will be released mostly in August.

I'm in Feng. Any way to put a mailing list or something so we can get updated?

okwchin · « **Reply #336 on:** Fri, 17 July 2015, 12:37:11 »

Yay, can't wait to see this happen for real this time

. Been waiting since the initial announcement!!

I bought way too many 60%'s since this came out, but there might be funds that can be reallocated from "food" to "keyboards".....

Make this happen!

Rotaku · « **Reply #337 on:** Fri, 17 July 2015, 18:12:18 »

Are we doing this by massdrop still?

House · « **Reply #338 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 12:36:08 »

Hello,

I'm a new member who was previously very interested in buying Pok3r but now this.

Just curious if I buy this I would need to buy my own Cherry MX switches and LEDs as well as keycaps?

Can anyone confirm that installation or learning to put together a keyboard especially this one without soldering is not too complicated?
As in you just have to carefully place the right components into the right sockets?

Cheers All and can't wait!

Giorgio · « **Reply #339 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 13:54:17 »

Too bad that the bottom row is non standard. Plus I'm not sure about the carbon fiber plate. I've only seen one group buy with carbon fiber plates
If you make the switches removable using sip sockets, how many insertions can they stand? I'm asking that because it seems that to remove on switch, you actually need to open completely the keyboard and detach all the switches?

House · « **Reply #340 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 14:17:05 »

Quote from: Giorgio on Sun, 19 July 2015, 13:54:17

Too bad that the bottom row is non standard. Plus I'm not sure about the carbon fiber plate. I've only seen one group buy with carbon fiber plates
If you make the switches removable using sip sockets, how many insertions can they stand? I'm asking that because it seems that to remove on switch, you actually need to open completely the keyboard and detach all the switches?

In addition, how secure are the LEDs and would it be a problem if they are lose and hit the bottom of keycaps to reduce their lifespan?

KHAANNN · « **Reply #341 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 16:48:06 »

I know from personal experience that the tilde key placement is hard to get used to, it messes hard with muscle memories, however, I'm still going to join

Hitcha · « **Reply #342 on:** Sun, 19 July 2015, 21:42:21 »

I definitely want in on this. Hopefully this is hosted through MassDrop.

theanyday · « **Reply #343 on:** Mon, 20 July 2015, 12:00:56 »

Feng, is there any chance of ordering just the pcb?

ImBZppl · « **Reply #344 on:** Mon, 20 July 2015, 20:20:29 »

Quote from: vivalarevolución on Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:31:36

Quote from: ImBZppl on Tue, 07 April 2015, 21:26:40
Still waiting on this. I will not buy any more keyboards or keycaps for rest of the year until I get this. It has been hard to resist this past month but I did it.

You could be waiting a very long time, then.

Not that long of a wait was it?

My wallet is read, glad I skipped the pok3r now.

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #345 on:** Wed, 22 July 2015, 13:03:06 »

Quote from: ImBZppl on Mon, 20 July 2015, 20:20:29

Quote from: vivalarevolución on Wed, 08 April 2015, 09:31:36
Quote from: ImBZppl on Tue, 07 April 2015, 21:26:40
Still waiting on this. I will not buy any more keyboards or keycaps for rest of the year until I get this. It has been hard to resist this past month but I did it.

You could be waiting a very long time, then.

Not that long of a wait was it?
My wallet is read, glad I skipped the pok3r now.

Ate my words for lunch, thanks.

Acerk · « **Reply #346 on:** Wed, 22 July 2015, 17:31:16 »

As a guy who doesn't want to invest time into learning to solder, this project gives me hope for a custom TKL in the future. Would it be technically possible to sell these as sets that can be put into standard cases like Filco Majestouch, 60%, KMAC etc. without having to do any soldering?

KHAANNN · « **Reply #347 on:** Wed, 22 July 2015, 18:16:14 »

the firmware for this keyboard would need some serious debouncing logic tho

I sometimes use cables instead of switches to test pcb's, if the firmware doesn't handle debouncing well, a manual connection generally registers 4-5 characters
Since there is no solder involved with this keyboard, loose switches could cause the same issues

SuperBo · « **Reply #348 on:** Thu, 23 July 2015, 04:36:54 »

I considered to buy RS84 as my first custom keyboard. But I meet this topic. I think I should go for this. But when will the group buy be available?

Belfong · « **Reply #349 on:** Sun, 26 July 2015, 07:36:17 »

It's alive? Oh wow.. And aluminum casing. Is this Korean custom or made in USA?

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Author Topic: [IC] Smart 68 Keyboard Set (GB is live) (Read 217985 times)